Agree with Bewilderbeast. At this point, I don't want to do anything that would push limits, but I did want to get a feel for the general area in the event something bad goes down tomorrow and we have to try to evade anyone. Basically, I don't necessarily want to go anywhere with restricted access but I would like to walk around a bit to get an idea of foot and vehicle traffic, etc.
We can probably say that we're grabbing the gear from the shopping list as well, assuming it is man portable.